This movie on the surface seems like a Thomas Hardy novel but in execution it is more akin to the TV series "Dexter". Although the main theme of the movie centers on a character with a canine sense of smell, the symbolism is that of the Anti-Christ. It starts with the nativity and ends with the seeming crucification and the descent rather ascent to glory. It is a remarkable and difficult adaptation from a best selling novel.
The acting is superb: Dustin Hoffman, Alan Rickman and the entire crew take us where we very much do not want to go. The cinematography is beautiful in juxtaposition to the gory narrative.
It will be a weird but wonderful antidote to all the usual Christmas schmaltz.
The acting is superb: Dustin Hoffman, Alan Rickman and the entire crew take us where we very much do not want to go. The cinematography is beautiful in juxtaposition to the gory narrative.
It will be a weird but wonderful antidote to all the usual Christmas schmaltz.